Sheet-feeding apparatus.



A.' B'. DICK.

SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED 1AN.31, 1913.

, PatenteaFeb. 1o, 1914.

2 SHEETS--SEBBT l.

w/mfssfs .4TTOHNEY8 A. B. DICK.

SHEET PEEDING APPARATUS.

, APPLICATION FILED mmal, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

win/Ess MZ i Petente Feb.1o, 1914.

.ALBERT B. DCCK, UF LAKE FOREST, ILLINIS.' ASSC-NGR-TO A. E.. DICK COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORFOBATZLON 0F ILLENOS.

SHEET-FEENG APPARATUS.

To all @rv/mm it may Conce-m l citizen of the ihiiefl SineSn'esicling nt. Lahe Foi-esi'` i'ne ouniiv of Lahe and State ol' illinois. invented eer-'tain new and nee- Lnl lin oven'ieniiS in Sheet leerling` )or pai-inns, ol which the following is a. specifieaiion.

This invention relates lo sheet-feeding npparatns and pnrtienlerly to aliparains of this` chnracer adapter for us in connection with steneii clnplicali a fig' in chinos.

The, invention (lirececl to the. provision of certain improve Q' the present invenion are of Specialntil in con;

neeion vill-1 :Voir rains tier slenciliduplicatpi mi ,n.'enfion involves; i' em- .i et :edingj apparatus includ` s e'-i' infroller and mounted unn one eno that the pile o'i` hoard may he corrieri hf;

Sheeti o the roe eine-.er .fiile or' the sheet-feeding oller is adapter?. 'fo buckle one reet and th 1 Yfeed thai; end over the roller lo che printing mechanism. The ineens for rocking; ihe fe.eilbo=,\.r 'S auch hai the i; rl coinjliiiei'os one roi ung; moveinei' (lin-ing; each operaiion 1,' prininff ineel'inn n n nil '-he pile o'l. ilallow-e ro coni-act with the sneee v 'oller duri' a certain o 'in of this time. have Y 'unal flint. tlf reliahililj; o? the open ation of auch a wehine depends largely upon the lengih ginie which the pile of sheen is allowed remain in'eonact nfih rrr (hiring each feeding ion :unl 'i'hat fhe preoer with hill-freni unali rei'ore priv-filled means.

i: q oi. palier. wheres* Specification of Letters atent.

Be it. .inoivn ihae ALBERT B. DICK. a

i and prining mechanism may he regulated as [nav he, inaiie neceesary by the quality oi the paper being operated npon.

nienly o? my invention in the accompanying cirmving, in ivhieh- Figure l iS n central seeion of the nu chino; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ofle portion h,-eof; Fig: 3 is n sectional. flel'ail vier. on line, 3MB of Fig. f2 and Fig. l is 1L seeional fletnil vienN on lizV l N1 of Fig. 3.

Re' ring to these Cnnn'ins-1 the machine eenen' ofi? i: brise l on which side-frames 2 nre erected :unl a drinn 3 nionnieil 'for rol'a'tion in suitable henriige provided in the side-fumes 'The lrniu is :nla'pteil to have a Stein-,il 4 :cou ne cylin-.ilrienl 5in-'face ihereo'l' in nsnal manner. The clruin rotated hy means oi a Crank 5 secured to a pinion G `which meshes with e gear 'T fas'enecl to L 'ieael of ille ihinn. rlhe pressure-rolle wn at 8, thin being arrieil n pivoeil :urns in the nenni male ner ani"L drawn on'aril the. drinn by .springel 1FL ''onned for ri 'non in suiahle hearings in the Siae-iranien a shaii il on which a eleve l? is ioogoly moeni'eal anil this sleeve curr-ies i. elforwarding sectors 13. These. Sei-lors areailnpzerl te eoael'I with a seclionul roller l-l in iliornnriling' sheets between thein to the line of conlaci the drinn and pressure-miler. The seee'rs 1B are rotated inernii'r'enltlv at he saine IQurfaee speed aa hat of the drinn and they make one revolution during eich revolnion of he drinn. To ihis the ssl afl. ll .has :i egeafr l5 enred thereon, 'which in connecten by a train of gears 1.(3 to the pinion (5. The gear if: seem/eil lo a gear 1T meshing with n 35" '"r on a shai'c if) ane"` the r i8 is roller l once during each rotation of the li-nin an@` the sheet-forwal-fling devices nre :nlapeai the .fil-urn to forward a ISheet the rum and Ypressure-roller.

$0 C placed upon n feedrevnluiion o eii to The Vf s ef sheets to he menate-d once (hiring each 'l hare illnsirai'efl the preferred elnb'oclif' hout-tt 23 mounted upon n md 21ttltenfiiug betwetul the sicte'ames 2 and at ptett to rock upon that rod. This ing mmcmeut of the feed-board Cm'tis thev top Sheet 0f the, pit@ into and out, of Contact with :i sheet-feeding wlior 25 whose shaft. is 'minunteti for rotatie-.u in l bearings in the' side-- f Times. the shaft; of this rollethas a piiou 26 secured theecn which meshes with a ,gear 27 mut the latter meshes 'with the By means this gearing' the miler 25 rutated coutimuuftsly when the drum is 1rotated. The feed-h0artt is rocid by means of u temi' 2S which Carries 'a miler 30 adapted to rid@ on the surface of a 'twoqunt Cam 3l mounted on shaft Ztl. This 'lever actu-- ttes in a manner hefeinatez dcscribed an mu 32 Carrying a piu Whifzh is rccived in u stmt formed in a piece 33 secured to the bottom of the fwd-board The roti-er 230 is heid iu cuntuct with the (u1u hy means of a Spring' 34,01*@ end of which is countctd t0 :in extension f the lever :m5 the: 01h91' end 0'1"' which is connected to :tu snif justzihe arm 35.

Figs. und 4 show in datati! the Qonstri C- tion uf the two-part @am Si and the nieu is f0.1 Pti'ecting a relative adjustment". pal-ts thereof. lthl'mh'thes@ 'igures, it w', be secu that th gears L5 und i? :tro saciu'ed to the hub of a mtmbm 3U which pinned to the shaft 'il tm which has une putt 37 uf the cmu securedj thcreun. Tha ohtt pmt 3S of the cum is mfmuged httiwen the part 37 :nud u Huug@ Itou theY memht This part 38 xutut :1blu relatively to 1;. 7.

putt j 'E hc cult of shaft', l1. is 'not hicutst tticctiy iu :i hearing in sidedflame but; mounted iu n, Stowe t0 which is located in u. hearing iu siftoiwmuz 2. This siem@ has pil/i. itl uuuiutcd thereon ,Whith projects through ulw--shnp u opeuilvigs iu th gun z dit JUS

37, they piu ein] mating the sims in Xsara t5 :uut it ",Vhcu the prope'x: position hits; man tuuzut, hfuuftte, is pushed inwardly su that piu Litl Witt tute? another @if the notches thus tofttug the muvuhe part of the um 1u the pus:

ifm to which it, has besn mm'ett. l0 By udjustiup; the cmu in tt way un atjustmcut f-t'octtti of the time during un '1 the, top ui the sheet pi t, remains in coutuat with the untei surface of the feeders 25.

mijuceut tu the feeder is :t stop -teveil tying the fui-want und thel sheet pitt and adapted to engage This:

the tup shtet thereof'. L' V1 i stop 1..; mclpfoca d vertically .uy :1 ball, @muti lewis" 46 pivutty connected :at one oud to 'the Stop 45 nl ":arjmg mit the opposite @url :tu pted to c-Gntuct: w um mounted mi the shaft 1L V 1s so shaped tha shoet. t ti wf the tcp sheet feeder 35, 'which mit: 't' of the www mi L bj; pvotett tuu'u; itt). ri

ou uprni hfve'd upon the Si me of the plie is m feu uit@ Contact w j u ..43 hn r lifter the. haten su hu if; engaged of; thu i und Carried musi' and. preSSiue-roiler, means for einndtanen ously rotating the drum and feeder, open ating the Sheet-forwarding devices and roel(-A ing the -feod-boartl onee during eaeli revolution o'li tlle druni, and ineens for effecting a variation of the time of Contact ofA the paper on the feed-board with the feeder relative to the rotation ot the drinn, Substantially as .set forth.

G. The combination or" a d ruin, a pressureroller, e. rocking feediooard, a. rotatable feeder overlying one end ot' the eedboard, a rotatable sheet-forwarding device receiving sheets from the feeder and forwarding tl'iem to the drinn and preSSme-roller, means for simultaneously rotating the drum and -feeder, for rotatingthe sheet-forwarding device at the saine surface speed as that of the drum and for roeling the feedboard once during eaeli revolution of the drum, and adjusting devices for effecting an adji'istment of Said means to vary tlie time ot the rock-- ing nioveinente of the feedboard relativeto the rotation of the drum, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a drum, a pressureroller, a pivoted feed-board, a teed-ro1ler rotatable on its axis and overlying one end oit the feed-board, ineens for rota" the drum and feeder, a spring` connected to feed-board for turning the lati; the paper thereon, into contx ft with feeder, a two-part caro rotated ley Sain. means, means for eleeting a relative 'neitment of the parts of the cam and ine-ane .For causing the cani to rock the feed-board againet the tension of substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a drum, a pressureroller, a. feeder, a rocking eed-board having one end iinderlying the feeder, means for rotating the drum and. feeder and sinlultane ously rocking the eeddioardonce during,r eaeli revolution of the drum, adjusting devices for regulating' the tinieof the rocking movements of the feed-board relative to the rotation of the drum, a stop overlying the end of the :feed-board adjacent to the feeder and means for moving the stop into Contact with the paper on the feed-board when the latter is in Contact with the feeder and out of contact with said paper when the latter is out of Contact with the feeder, substantially as Set forth. A i

9 The combination of a rotary printing member, a feeder, e. pivoted eedboard har` ing one end underlying ille feeder, ai am ro tated onoe during eaeh rotation of the'druln, a lever rocked by the cani, a i'oolesliatt on which the lever 1s loosely mounted, a crank on said shaft connected to the eedboard, an erm on said Shaft, a rack carried by this arm, a pawl pivotally mounted on said lever, a Spring connecting the pawl and lever, and a etationary abutment enacting with said paxvl, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and, witnessed ilii'e F'Ztli day o January, i918.

ALBERT B. DICK.

said sprintf iii/vit; ceses:

Vif. Gr. ARNOLD,

U. G. CASE. 

